A primer on image-guided radiation therapy for the interventional radiologist.

Nishita Kothary, Sonja Dieterich, John D Louie, Albert C Koong, Lawrence Vincent Hofmann, Daniel Y Sze

Journal: Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2009;20(7):859-62

PMID: 19481470

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Abstract

The use of image-guided radiation therapy in thoracic and abdominal tumors is increasing. Herein, the authors review the process of image-guided radiation therapy and describe techniques useful for optimal implantation of fiducial markers.

Address: Department of Interventional Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H3630, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.03.037

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MeSH Terms: Diagnostic Imaging, Humans, Neoplasms, Radiography, Interventional, Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted, Radiotherapy, Conformal